It's morally repugnant.
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Repugnant
//ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt//
Synonyms for "repugnant" (221 found)
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contradistinctcontrapositivecontrariouscontrarycontrastedconversecountercounteractantcounteractingcounteractivecounterbalancingcounterpoisedcountervailingcounterworkingcrankycrosscrotchetycrudedead againstdenying
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despicabledespitefuldifferingdisaccordantdisaffirmingdisagreeabledisagreeingdisallowingdisavowingdisclaimingdiscordantdiscrepantdisgustingdisharmoniousdisowningdisproportionatedissentientdissidentdissonantdistastefuldivergentdreadfulenemyevilexecrableextraneousextrinsiceyeball to eyeballfearfulfetidforbiddingforeignfoulfractiousfrightfulfull of hatefulsomeghastlygratinggrimgrislygrossgruesomehateful
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heinoushideoushorriblehorridhostileignobleimmiscibleinaccordantincompatibleincongruousinconsistentinconsonantinharmoniousinimicalintolerableinverseinvidiousjanglingjarringloathsome
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malevolentmaliciousmalignantmalodorousmephiticmiasmalmiasmicnastynauseatingnauseousnegativenegatorynoisomenonconformistnoncooperativenoxiousobjectionableobnoxiousobsceneobstinateobverseodiousoffensiveopponentopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppugnantout of accordout of whackoutrageousoverthwartperversequarrelsomerancorousreactionaryrebarbativerecalcitrantrecantingrefractoryrenitentrenunciativerenunciatoryrepellentrepellingrepudiativerepulsiveresistantreverserevocativerevocatoryrevoltingrevolutionaryrevulsiverivalset againstsickeningsorespitefulsquared offstinkingterribleubiquitousuglyuncongenialuncooperativeundesirableunfavorableunfriendlyungenialunharmoniousunlikeableunpalatableunpleasantunpropitiousunsavoryunspeakableunsympatheticvariantvenomousvilevirulentvitriolic
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7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- отблъскващ adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- противен adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- противопоставящ се adj ((law) opposed or in conflict)
Czech
1 entries- odporný adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Dutch
1 entries- verwerpelijk adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Finnish
3 entries- iljettävä adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- inhottava adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- vastenmielinen adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
French
2 entries- repoussant adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- répugnant adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Galician
2 entries- noxento adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- repugnante adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Georgian
1 entries- შეუთავსებელი adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
German
4 entries- abscheulich adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- abstoßend adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- ekelhaft adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- eklig adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Hungarian
2 entries- visszataszító adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- viszolyogtató adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Ido
2 entries- repugnanta adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- repugniva adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Irish
4 entries- aimhréireach adj ((law) opposed or in conflict)
- colach adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- colúil adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- contrártha adj ((law) opposed or in conflict)
Italian
2 entries- aborrevole adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- ripugnante adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Māori
4 entries- whakahouhou adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- whakarihariha adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- whakarikarika adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- whakaweriweri adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Portuguese
1 entries- repugnante adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Romanian
1 entries- repugnant adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Russian
2 entries- отврати́тельный adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- отта́лкивающий adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Spanish
1 entries- repugnante adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Swedish
2 entries- motbjudande adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
- motstridig adj ((law) opposed or in conflict)
Turkish
1 entries- uyuz adj (offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
There's something in the face of this man that's repugnant and that I do not like; moreover, I would say that I am inclined to hate him.
Source: tatoeba (1930594)
"I believe people are fundamentally good." "Well, I think they're fundamentally evil." "You're both wrong. They're actually fundamentally neutral." "What?! Impossible! Human nature can't possibly be so despicable as to be based on the repugnant attitude that is neutrality."
Source: tatoeba (5297069)
This is repugnant.
Source: tatoeba (7966252)
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